CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports
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John Ratcliffe reportedly travelled to the Russian capital on board a military plane on Tuesday The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, the BBC's US news partner CBS has reported.
据报道，约翰*拉特克利夫周二乘坐军用飞机前往俄罗斯首都 据英国广播公司美国新闻合作伙伴哥伦比亚广播公司报道，美国中央情报局（CIA）负责人已前往莫斯科进行未经宣布的会谈。
John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital earlier on Tuesday.
据报道，约翰*拉特克利夫（John Ratcliffe）周二早些时候抵达俄罗斯首都。
Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit or who he was due to meet. In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare.
华盛顿和莫斯科都没有证实这次访问的性质，也没有证实他将与谁会面。 美国和俄罗斯高级官员之间的面对面会谈很少见。
Flight tracking data confirmed a large US military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday.
航班跟踪数据证实，周二，一架大型美国军用飞机从美国经拉脱维亚飞往俄罗斯。
It departed later on Tuesday. BBC News has contacted the CIA, the White House and Pentagon for comment.
它于周二晚些时候离开。 BBC新闻已联系中央情报局，白宫和五角大楼发表评论。
Footage posted on social media showed the C-17 transport plane approaching Moscow's Vnukovo international airport.
社交媒体上发布的镜头显示，C-17运输机接近莫斯科伏努科沃国际机场。
It departed Riga airport at 05:50 GMT and appeared to have landed in the Russian capital at around 07:04 GMT, according to data from FlightRadar24.
根据FlightRadar24的数据，它在格林威治标准时间05:50离开里加机场，似乎在格林威治标准时间07:04左右降落在俄罗斯首都。
It returned to Riga shortly before 17:00 GMT. Footage on social media also purported to show a diplomatic motorcade travelling through Moscow.
它在格林尼治标准时间17:00前不久返回里加。 社交媒体上的镜头也声称显示了一个外交车队在莫斯科旅行。
Ahead of the trip, the US told Ukraine that a senior delegation would be travelling to Moscow and asked Kyiv to suspend strikes until they had left, a senior Ukrainian official told CBS.
一名乌克兰高级官员告诉哥伦比亚广播公司，在这次访问之前，美国告诉乌克兰，一个高级代表团将前往莫斯科，并要求基辅暂停罢工，直到他们离开。
Watch: Video shows US military plane on landing approach in Moscow The trip is thought to be Ratcliffe's first trip to Russia as CIA director, although he has maintained contact with his intelligence counterparts in Moscow.
观看：视频显示美军飞机在莫斯科降落 据悉，这次访问被认为是拉特克利夫作为中央情报局局长首次访问俄罗斯，尽管他一直与莫斯科的情报同行保持联系。
John Foreman, who served as a British military attaché to Moscow between 2019 and 2022, told Radio 4's PM programme that the visit could be focused on "escalation management" given speculation recent drone activity in Germany could be linked to Russia.
曾于2019年至2022年担任英国驻莫斯科军事武官的约翰·福尔曼在BBC第四台PM节目中表示，鉴于有猜测称德国近期无人机活动可能与俄罗斯有关，此次访问可能聚焦于"升级管理"。
He said: "The Americans don't normally send such a high ranking official to Moscow unannounced at short notice unless something is up."
他说："美国通常不会在临时通知下派这么高级官员去莫斯科，除非有特别情况。"
Foreman said the trip could also concern the release of US detainees currently being held in Russia.
福尔曼表示，此次访问也可能涉及目前被关押在俄罗斯的美国被拘留者的释放。
Ratcliffe played a role in negotiations for the release of Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina's, who was jailed in Russia for over a year after being accused of providing support to Ukraine.
拉特克利夫参与了俄裔美国公民克谢尼娅·卡雷利娜的释放谈判，后者因被指控支持乌克兰而在俄罗斯被监禁一年多。
The CIA was also involved in a 2024 prisoner swap deal with Russia that saw the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, as well as former US marine Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva.
中央情报局还参与了2024年与俄罗斯的囚犯交换协议，该协议释放了《华尔街日报》记者埃文·格什科维奇、前美国海军陆战队员保罗·惠兰和俄裔美国记者阿尔苏·库尔马舍娃。
The US has had strained relations with Russia since it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
自2022年美国发动全面入侵乌克兰以来，与俄罗斯的关系一直紧张。
Since then, Russia has been isolated on the world stage and faced international economic sanctions.
自那以后，俄罗斯在国际舞台上被孤立，并面临国际经济制裁。
Ratcliffe appears to be one of the highest-ranking US officials to visit the country during President Donald Trump's second term. Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Alaska last year but the meeting did not lead to a breakthrough.
拉特克利夫似乎是特朗普总统第二任期内访问美国的最高级别官员之一。 特朗普去年在阿拉斯加峰会上会见了俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京，但这次会面并未带来突破。
Subsequent US-led peace talks between Russia and Ukraine appear to have stalled.
随后由美国主导的俄乌和平谈判似乎陷入僵局。
Additional reporting by Washington correspondent Daniel Bush and BBC Verify
华盛顿记者丹尼尔·布什和BBC Verify的额外报道
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